Titaiun bars/stem and anti seize

[bikenoob]

Hi,

I just bought a TI bar + stem.

The bars ( Titec ) are supposed to be run with a shim.
The shim seems to be made of some kind of alloy.

Should I use anti seize to prevent the shim to become one with the bars and or the stem?

 

[rory breaker]

On the Galvanic Corrosion table, Titanium and Aluminium are OK in controlled environments, but riding a bike out in the rain/salt (or wherever) wouldn't fall into that - so grease would be advisable, It doesn't need to be Antiseize though, to prevent Galvanic Corrosion you only need a barrier bewteen the metals to prevent it, so any grease will do. Where as antizeize is generally used between Ti and Ti to prevent galling.

 

[bikenoob]

the thing is I never heard of anyone using grease or antiseize on handlebars/stem.
Usually people are worried of seapost and frame fusing together.

Will the bars spin inside the stem if I use grease?

 

[rory breaker]

I use grease in any metal to metal connection, if you torque the bolts up to the correct torque then most of the grease will be squeezed out leaving just a very thin film, this won't allow the bars to spin around at the correct torque.

I think most folk have heard of seat post frame seize up, just because it's something thats adjusted more often, and the fit bewteen the post and tube is (normally) close, so galvanic corrosion occurs easier, also the loaction of the seatpost means that more water gets in there, so if its a steel frame that accelerates rust .

 

[hamster]

I've managed to seize a quill stem inside a steerer, so greasing is a good plan.

 

[stevet1]

No way would I grease a stem/bar interface even if it was Ti.